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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 106:40-46

Man's misery and God's compassion. "The design of the whole psalm is to awaken the people to a lively consciousness of the truth, that though there is much of sin in us, there is much more of grace in God;" that "where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." Suggests— I. GOD LOVES ALL HIS CREATURES , BUT HATES THEIR SINS . ( Psalms 106:40 .) That is, he makes us feel sensible that he is forever opposed to our evil conduct, and creates in us a terror of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 106:41

And he gave them into the hand of the heathen. This is the great lesson taught by Jewish history, and especially impressed upon us by Judges and Chronicles. When a nation sins, it is delivered over to its enemies, partly for punishment, partly to lead it to repentance. Israel was delivered into the hand, first, of Mesopotamia ( 3:10 ), then of Moab ( 3:12 ), next of the Philistines ( 3:31 ), then of the Canaanites ( 4:2 ), later on of Midian ( 6:1 ), still later of Ammon ( 10:7-18... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 106:34

They did not destroy the nations - The Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, etc.; the nations that inhabited the land of Canaan.Concerning whom the Lord commanded them - The command on this subject was positive; and it was to destroy them, to spare none of them. Numbers 33:52; Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:16. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 106:35

But were mingled among the heathen - Among the nations; by intermarriage, and by commerce. They suffered them to remain in the land, contrary to the command of God, and thus greatly exposed and endangered the purity of their religion and their own morals. See Judges 2:2; Judges 3:5-6.And learned their works - Their practices; their customs and habits: learned to live as they did. This was an illustration of the danger of contact with the wicked and the worldly. What occurred in their case has... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 106:36

And they served their idols - Judges 2:12-13, Judges 2:17, Judges 2:19; Judges 3:6-7.Which were a snare unto them - Like the snares or toils by which birds and wild beasts are caught. That is, they were taken unawares; they were in danger when they did not perceive it; they fell when they thought themselves safe. The bird and the wild beast approach the snare, unconscious of danger; so the friend of God approaches the temptations which are spread out before him by the enemy of souls - and, ere... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 106:37

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters - See 2 Kings 16:3; Ezekiel 16:20; Ezekiel 20:31; Isaiah 57:5.Unto devils - Hebrew, שׁדים shêdiym. The Septuagint, δαιμονίοις daimoniois, “demons.” So the Vulgate, “daemoniis.” The word is used only in the plural number, and is applied to idols. It occurs only in this place, and in Deuteronomy 32:17. On the meaning of this, see the notes at 1 Corinthians 10:20. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 106:38

And shed innocent blood ... - The blood of those who had committed no crime; who did not “deserve” the treatment which they received. That is, they were sacrificed “as” innocent persons, and “because” it was believed that they “were” innocent: the pure for the impure; the holy for the unholy. It was on the general principle that a sacrifice for sin must be itself pure, or it could not be offered in the place of the guilty; that an offering made for one who had violated law must be by one who... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 106:39

Thus were they defiled with their own works - By their very attempts to deliver themselves from sin. They were corrupt, and the consciousness that they were sinners led them to the commission of even greater enormities in attempting to expiate their guilt, even by the sacrifice of their own sons and daughters. Thus all the religions of the pagan begin in sin, and end in sin. The consciousness of sin only leads to the commission of greater sin; to all the abominations of idol-worship; to the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 106:40

Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people - Anger is often compared with a fire; as we say now, a man is “inflamed” with passion. See Esther 1:12; Lamentations 2:3; Psalms 79:5; Psalms 89:46; Jeremiah 4:4; Judges 2:14. Of course, this must be taken in a manner appropriate to God. It means that his treatment of his offending people was as if he were burning with wrath against them.Insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance - He was offended with his people; he treated... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 106:41

And he gave them into the hand of the heathen - That is, of foreign nations. They were indeed “pagans,” in the sense in which that term is used now - that is, they were ignorant of the true God, and worshipped idols; but that idea is not necessarily in the original word. The word “Gentiles” expresses all that the word implies.And they that hated them ruled over them - Had them in subjection. read more

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